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THK NORFOLK WKKKLY NKWR. .lOrRNAU FRIDAY. MAIK'II 2V 1J)10. ) Ooo coo- PEOPLE'S PULPIT. . . Choose Ye This Day Sermon by ' 'Between Truth CHARLES T. RUSSELL and Error. Pastor Brooklyn Tabernacle. "Choose You Tins Day Whom Yc Will Serve. . . II Jehovah Be God , Serve Him" ( Joshua xxiv , 15) ) . Washington , D. C. , March 13. Pas tor Russell of the Brooklyn Taberna cle , Now York , preached hero twice today to splendid audiences. One of his discourses was entitled , "The Over throw of Satan's Umpire. " Wo report the other one from the text above quoted. Pastor Russell said : As Christians In the light of this wonderful Twentieth Century wo stand nt the parting of the ways and must decide for right or for wrong , for truth or for falsehood , In respect to our religious convictions. Without questioning the sincerity of our fore fathers , wo nil object to their theology. It Is In vain that ministers and Itlblc class teachers longer deny the /acts of the case. Nor will Intelligent And honest people agree that It is right that through their creeds they should profess one thing , and In their lives and general conversation they should Ignore or absolutely deny the teachings of those creeds. Yet this is the position of practically all the think ing people of Christendom. Their con sciences will not stand for this much longer. If they refrain from telling the Truth and taking their stand for It , they will not only scar their con sciences ( I Timothy Iv , 2) ) and corre- apoadlagly separate themselves from God's favor , but additionally their course will sooner or later bring upon them the disapproval and contempt of .all honest people. For although the masses nro not yet aroused on the sub ject , they arc rapidly getting awake. Do you wish mo to illustrate what 1 mean ? Do you wish mo to show In what respect all denominations are ashamed of their creeds and anxious to hide the fact that they ever pro fessed them or were anxious to give them some new interpretation more consistent with the broader thought and more generous sentiment common to civilized man in this Twentieth Century ? 1 will do it. Our Methodist friends are ashamed of that feature of their creed which de clares that the Almighty is now doing everything taut Divine Wisdom and Power can accomplish on behalf of our poor race to bring all to u full knowledge of Christ and to opportu nity of faith and obedience. They real ize that there is a weakness In this argument. And when they protest that God must work through means , and hence that the responsibility lies at the door of Christian believers to carry the Gospel to the heathen , they realize that this is an Illogical argu ment too. For why should our Great Creator send to eternal torment mil lions of his creatures , because of an insufficiency of zeal on the part of some of their more enlightened fel low-creatures ? Acknowledging the Inconsistency of such a theory our good Methodist brethren tell us that they hope that God has some other way of saving the ignorant of heathen lands and. perhaps , of civilized lands. We appreciate the loving heart which prompts this answer and we agree that It Is true that God has another way for these. But when we attempt to point out what that other way is , some of these dear friends in quire , Is it Methodism ? Did John Wesley preach it ? Our answer Is , No , Brother Wesley did not preach it and did not know of it. Not because it Is new , but because It Is so very old and was lost sight of during the "dark ages" for fifteen centuries before Brother Wesley was born. He wus feeling after it , yearning for It , hun gering and thirsting for it , but the "due time" for it to be made known to God's people had not yet come In Brother Wesley's day. He preached the eternal torture of all mankind , ex cept the sanctified believers In Jesus the Savior. But In his preaching of the love of God he was used of the Almighty to wondrously prepare the hearts of Christendom for the broader message of the Bible now due to bo seen and understood. Wesley's Gos pel of the love of God has mellowed the heart of Christendom , which once was frigid under the cold teachings of Foreordlnatlon , Predestination , etc. , of the Westminster Confession of Faith once the basis of nearly all Protestant Communions. If we and our Methodist brethren could maintain the same degree of spiritual warmth that Wesley and their forefathers enjoyed wo might do with out further instruction. But we can not do this ! None can stand still ! Christians today are losing their holi ness , their sanctlflcation their zeal forGed God is giving place to zeal for a sect. The light of the Millennial morning which for a century has been gradual ly breaking upon the world , stimulat ing thought In every direction , makes it necessary for our Methodist breth ren , as well as for us all , to awaken to the wonderful privileges of our day for Bible study : to ascertain the real teachings of God's Word , which , In the dark past we all seemingly misunder stood and misrepresented. Already the most intelligent one-fourth of Meth odism not only rejects Brother Wes ley's theory , hut alas , repudiates the Bible also ! It accepts Instead of Sal vation that most dangerous form of Infidelity known as Higher Criticism and that most un-Scrlptural proposi tion of human Evolution , which denies the fall of our race and makes void Christ's rcdcmptin work and the glori ous result thereof human restitution ( Acts 111 , 19-13) ) . . Bury the Dead Past. O OC > ' - . . . - - . . . . - . uoo forbid Hint we should bury of the doctrines of Christ and his twelve apostles ! On the contrary let us strive to resurrect those from the rubbish of human traditions which eighteen centuries have piled upon them. Let us Instead bury our manmade - made creeds , of which wp are all ashamed. Our Presbyterian friends some years ugo set a noble example to all Christendom in the burial of their Confession of Faith and their substitu tion instead of a much simpler and much more rational statement. But , No , I must correct myself here. This Is what they should have done but did not do. Instead of burying the old creed , not only from sight , but also from odor , they have merely covered the corpse which is admitted to be dead and placed the briefer and better Confession atop the winding-sheet. They assuredly declare that It is not a substitute but merely a representative statement. ' Hence every time we read the re-statement , wo must hold our noses to avoid contamination from the odors of the carcass beneath. Not all must do this , for , as the Apostle tle suggests. All have not their senses exercised to discern. But all Intelli gent Presbyterians are being rapidly driven not only away from Calvinism , but , alas , away from the Bible also , because of their erroneous supposition that the teaching of Calvin and the teachings of the Bible are one and the same. , These bright minds are not merely lost to the Christian forces. They be come active agents in the promulga tion of anti-Biblical teachings. They are engaged In pulling down the Bible and substituting for its teachings Dar win's Evolution theory. These sincere men are to be found In the faculties of all of the Colleges , in the highest pul pits throughout the land and In the most prominent positions in business and social life. Their loss of faith In the Bible has not made them murder ers or thieves. Their noble Inheritance from the past preserves to them an up Tightness of character which the loss of a fear of hell-torment has not under mined. While they ore no louger Christians from the Bible standpoint- no louger believers in Jesus as a Redeemer - deemer they are still believers in Jesus as a great Teacher and a noble Leader of men. They fall to discern the fact that if he posed as the Son of God and the Itcdcemer of men , and was not such , Instead of being a noble example , his life and teachings were most stupendous frauds and decep tions. Baptists and Disciples Awakening. When we say that this awakening Is also reaching our Baptist and our Disciple brethren , let it not be under stood to mean that all of these have been asleep until now. Perhaps It would have been better for them if some who have gotten awake during the past thirty years had slumbered louger. Those long awake have prin cipally gone off. into Darwinism and Higher Criticism. Baptist and Disci ple schools and Colleges and Theolog ical Seminaries , like those of other de nominations , are uianued with the brightest minds of the denominations and all with one accord teaching High er Criticism , Infidelity and Darwinian Evolution. With one accord all are engaged in overthrowing the Christian Faith of the rising generation. They are doing this Intelligently , wisely , cunningly , but not with evil motive. Having gotten awake to the Inconsist encies of their creeds these scholarly men , concluding that the creeds truth fully represented the Bible , abandoned faith in the Scriptures to the same de gree that they have abandoned faith In the creeds which their intellects have repudiated. Now they are seek ing to gradually help Christian people of all denominations to what they con sider the higher plane of Truth. What they have almost anything in fact- Is better than the "creeds" they have repudiated. They are working hurt and succeeding well In introducing their faith-destroying theory iluto the minds of the rising generation through the school books. From these they not only have eliminated everything sympathetic with Bible faith , but In the stead have introduced the sub terslre doctrine of Evolution. As for the rank and tile of Baptists and Disciples , probably three-fourths of thcfu still hold vaguely and Indefi nitely to the Bible and their Confes sions of Faith though both of these denominations In their Innocency of mind think that they have no creeds that they take the Bible only. As these dear friends awaken to the In consistencies of their Confession and teachings they arc In great danger of following their leaders into a repudia tion of everything pertaining to the past Into Higher Critlclsm-Infldellty and Darwinism. "Choose You This Day Whom Ye Will Serve. " Joshua's words to the Israelites , aft er they had come Into Canaan , consti tute our text Joshua perceived that the Israelites were In a trying position and that It was their duty to decide promptly and thoroughly which course they would take. So we may sec to day that Christians of all denomina tions arc in a trying position and that a prompt decision to stand by God and the Bible Is the necessary thing for those who would bo delivered from the darkness of the past and avoid falling Into the Adversary's great deception of the urcKcut Into which their leaders niv guiding them. Unless they nc * n speedily , the blind lending the blind will fall Into ( hi * ditch of Darwinism and the mire of Higher Criticism There arc not many wti.is to escape this threatening calamity ! There is only one way the Bible way. .Many Baptist and Disciple ministers are be coming awake to the liiconslstciu-les of their positions and drifting without foreknowledge of where their course will end. For Instance. I IIMVO before me the words of the Itev Dr. Mac Don ald of my own city , Brooklyn , on Feb ruary 27th. This gentleman speaks of the Baptist Confession of Faith as "these su-addllng clothes of an ancient dogmatism. " And respecting the Bap tist doctrine which recognizes only im mersed persons as members of the Church of Christ and heirs of salva tion , lie says , "Henceforth It can be re garded to beas dead as the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah , and \corthll\i \ burled. " The gentleman rejoiced that recently a Baptist minister had been ordained to the Sixth Avenue Baptist Church of Brooklyn who nlUrmed in advance that ho would Invite all to communion and Church membership who loved the Lord Jesus. He urged that "associate members" should bo rccclTCd Into Baptist communions "without Imposing baptism upon them. " Tills courageous brother falls to see wherein the course he advocates is Illogical. What ho needs to see is the real teaching of the Bible on the sub ject of Baptism that It is baptism Into Christ's death , and thus Into the real Church of Christ not the Baptist Church , nor any other human organiza tion , but the Church of God-"The Church of the Orstborns , whose names are written In heaven. " That roll con tains the names of all the saintly , faithful , consecrated believers In the Redeemer of all denominations and outside of all denominations. "Sanctify Them Through Thy Truth. " It is not sufficient that we got rid of the errors and superstitions of the past. We must supplant those with the Truth , that "We may be able to withstand in this evil day" ( Epheslans vl , 13) ) . It alone will constitute the armor of God. Christian people hold much precious Truth , but hold It In so illogical and confused a manner that it fails to give them the needed strength. God permitted us to come to this very hour and has permitted the present tests for the purpose of developing the characters of the "Is raelltcs indeed , in whom Is no guile , " and for the purpose of gathering out from them all the tares , all the chaff , and all not at heart copies of his dear Son. Let me now briefly summarize the errors of our creeds and briefly In dicate the Bible remedy. None of our Creeds were too strict lu deflnlug the salntllness of the Church class , Invited to become the Bride of Christ and his Joint-heirs In his Kingdom. On the coutrary , In many respects they were too loose they were not nearly up to the stand ard of the Master's word , "If any man will bo my disciple , let him take up his cross and follow me. " "Strait Is the gate and narrow the way which leadetb unto life ; and few there be that flnd it" ( Matthew vll. 14) ) . Jesus taught that his followers must drink of his cup of suffering and be bajtled ) into his death and not merely into wa ter. Our too-low standards have ad mitted to membership in all denomina tions millions who are far below the Master's standards. Our error and deception was the sup position that all who are not saintly all who would not become the Bride of Christ , all who are not baptized into his death , all who do not drink of his cup of ignominy will be eternally tortured This great mistake common to al Protestants ( and in the much modi Oed form of Purgatory shared also by Catholics ) must be displaced by the Bible teaching that as soon as the elect Church shall be completed and glorified the antityplcal Year of Jubl lee will begin ; that then for the thou sand years of the reign of Christ one the Church as the spiritual Seed of Abraham , the non-elect , of all the fam Hies of the earth will be blest by the elect ( Galatlans ill , 10 , 20 ; Acts 111 19-23) ) . Let us. dear brethren , choose this day to stand by the Word of God to reject all human traditions contrary to it and to hold fast the things that are true. Just , loving , good. If occasionally a thoughtless friend asks , Why do you believe in a Mlllen nlum ? answer that it Is one of the oldest doctrines of Christendom and above all , the Blblo doctrine. Answer that be who does not believe in the Millennium and the resurrection then of the world of mankind "All that ire in their graves" must account for the dead in some other way must claim that they have been experienc ing pain or pleasure for thousands 01 years , or must claim that they are ex tinct as the brute beast and will have no resurrection or must believe In unl vcrsal salvation regardless of a knowl edge of Christ or obedience to him On next Lord's Day , we will discuss the Millennium and show its absolute necessity , not only from a Bible stand point but also from a scientific stand point "Choose ye this day" to stand for the Bible and reason and to op pose the Creeds of the dark ages and their unreason ! Chess Match by Cable. This year's chess match by cable be tween Great Britain and the Unlto < States will be played on March 11 and 12. J. Walter Russell , honorable secretary rotary of the City of London dies club , lias received official notification from the Brooklyn Chess club that th Americans hnvo selected the date mentioned from a number proposed Arrangements have been made for th British team of ten players to be lo cated nt the Savoy hotel , In London which will be In direct commiinlcutio with Now York. Truthfulness cmisists less In stating tnie facts than In conveying a true Imprehslon. Ste\eiisou A DENVER GIRL'S SUCCESS. Miss Frances Rose , Soprano , a Favor ite at the Kaiser's Theater. Paris , March 18A Denver girl , Frances Hose , has Just signed a con tract with the Metropolitan Opera ompany to go to New York , two years lenco , and sing leading soprano roles. She Is now a member of the Berlin loyal Opera coiupaiiVi which sings In ho kaiser's own theater , and her con- root there extends till 1 ! > 12. Miss Hose's work lias cre-ited n son atina In Europe. She made her Co- cut garden debut two weeks ago , vhen she repeated the triumphs she lad already scored In Berlin and Wiesbaden. She went to London with other Berlin artistes and sang Chryso- hemls in "Elektra. " The famous Strauss opera created Hticli a furore In the British capital hat live special performances , In ad dition to those originally scheduled , wvo been arranged. After the Intlnl troductloii the London Standard said. 'For Miss Frances Hose as Chryao- hemls the triumph wrfs complete. It vas a beautiful and glorious represen- ation. " The Observer described Miss Hoso'h ivork as "a splendid achievement" and said that the scene In which she llg- ired most conspicuously was "superb- y realized. " The comments of other mpers were no less complimentary. Miss Hose has been in Europe three years and has had the advantage ot lie best training possible to obtain on the continent. She created the role ) f Clirysothemis at the premiere of 'Elektra" in Berlin more than a year ago. Doctor Strauss offered her the title part , but she requested the other role as one slightly less wearing on the voice. She also created "Salome , " singing the title role when that opera was first staged. She learned both operas under the personal direction of the composer. The emperor and the empress wit nessed the initial production of "Sa lome" and were so pleased with Miss Rose's singing and acting that she was commanded to appear before them in private audience. After hear ing her sing again the kaiser person ally expressed his admiration and ap preciation. The kaiser also attended two per formances in which she sang leading parts in "Les Huguenots" and "Tnnn- hauser , " and on the day following one of those appearances Miss Rose was asked to renew her contract witli the Berlin Royal Opera company for three years. This she did. The Federal Court Is On. Probably the first case to be tried here before Judge W. H. Mungcr in the United States circuit court at the federal building today will be the case of John H. Jones vs. the Chicago and Northwestern railroad company for Injuries received on that road's right- of-way at Plainvlew. The marshal was busy at 9 o'clock this morning giving the Jury their commissions. At 10 o'clock the swearing in of the Jury men began and it seemed probably that this would take up the entire morning session of the court. Doug las Cones is counsel for the plaintiff. C. C. Wright of Omaha , attorney 01 the Northwestern road , is here to de fend the case. Among those of Judge Munger's staff who are here are : Marshal W. P. Warner , George H. Thummel , R. C. Hoyt and George W. McCallum. The case of the First National bank of Mercer , Pa. , vs. the Citizens Na tional bank of Norfolk and the Mead ow Grove State bank Is expected to follow the Jones damage case. Forepaugh Beauty Dead. New York , March 21. Louise Mon tague , the woman who was once her alded far and wide over the country as the "ten thousand dollar beauty , " died at her home , 1C4 Manhattan ave nue. nue.Louise Louise Montague's beauty was for ygars the talk and wonder of Ameri ca. Her name was the synonym of beauty , and everywhere she went she was talked about and petted and held court like a queen. After the first rage over her had subsided she sought the quiet of pri vate life , but a few years afterward went on the stage because it was dis covered that she had talents equal to her beauty. She had a splendid soprano voice and fine dramatic ability , and so she appeared with Edward E. Rice's com pany in the "Corsair" and then be came the star of David Henderson's "Sinbad , the Sailor , " and was perhaps one of the greatest favorites that Broadway ever knew. But she had no triumph like that of the first few years in which she appeared before the public. She was only a girl then of 18 or 19. Adam Forepaugh , the showman , discovered her and determined to make her beau ty a feature of his show. With his showman's cunning , he first deter mined to lay a foundation that would arouse great interest and expectancj in the public mind , so he advertised in 1878 that he would pay ? 10,000 to find the most beautiful woman in Amorl ca. Interest was aroused all over the country and the public was on tiptoe with excitement. Finally came the announcement that the Judges , after considering thousands of beautifu women , had decided on Louise Montague taguo as the loveliest of them all , and that she would go with the circus and take part In every street parade. A great chariot was especially cou structcd , on which was an immense globe , and seated on this , gorgeously dressed , rode the young woman above a great sign which proclaimed lu gold letters : "Forepaugh's $10,000 Prize Beauty. ' After a few years on the stage Miss Montague again retired to private life She lived for a long time in a beautl fully furnished house In West Sixty first street. But investments she had made turned out badly. The money she had earned took wings. Finally she moved to n liny flat on thu fifth floor of the apartment house In Manhattan avenue , where she died. But Just before she died , she asked that all the old pictures of herself In the days of her Heeling glory be brought to her , and last night they stood on the mantel and dm Irs In the room where Louise Montague lay la her collin. Planed on the wall was a glaring , many colored circus poster "Foropaugh's prize beauty" and over the mantel was a faded photo graph , life size , of Louise Montague us "Sinbad , the Sailor. " MRS. DROKAW FREE AT LAST. The Final Divorce Decree Signed In New York. New York , March 21. Coincident with the signing of the final decree of separation granted to Mrs. Mary Blair Brokaw , it was announced that her former husband , William Gould Brokaw , had sold his yachl Sybarlta and that Its costly furnishings would bo auctioned off Tuesday and the boat go for junk. Under the decree of seperation , Mrs. ) rokaw will get f 15,000 a year all- nony. The decision mentions that the vldenco showed Brokaw had a net innual income of $40,700. The de- roe specilles that the alimony pay- nonts are "not to bo made in lieu of the plaintiff's right of dower in ho defendant's real estate. " The auctioneers announce that the yacht's furnishings Include handsome joudolr and dining suites in Louis XV and colonial periods , costly drap eries , bronzes , clock sets , pianos and a fine collection of paintings. MONDAY MENTION , vcr , where she will visit with rela- ; lves. James A. Kline , national bank examiner - aminer of Lincoln , is in the city on justness. Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Jenkins of Madi son are In the city visiting at the L. P. Pasowalk home. Miss Elsie Hoofs and Robert Powers of Pierce spent Sunday here with the V. II. Merlia family. E. C. Cole of Cody , who has been visiting In Omaha , was here and spent Sunday with Mrs. A. D. Cole. Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Schlote and daughter Annetta came up from Til- den. Miss Schlote was confirmed Sun day by Rev. Carl Martin. Miss Louise M. Rollins , who for the past year was an employe at the state hospital , departed for the state hos pital at Hastings , where she lias ac copied a similar position. Miss Rol lins is a niece of Mrs. Louis Sessions. A. L. Tucker-jr.- Carroll is in tne city. J. E. Haase went to Meadow Grove on business. R. G. Rohrke of Hosklns was in the city on business. Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Cole of Stanton spent Sunday here with Mrs. A. D. Cole. Cole.Miss Miss Elsie Marquardt went to Den R. S. Lackey has sold his grocery store to a Lynch man. Mrs. W. J. Barnes has been taken to Madison , where she will undergo an operation for cancer. Ferdinand Leu Is suffering from a very bad attack of measles. Miss Grace Fowler and Miss Martha Steffen have accepted positions with the A. L. Killian company. W. S. Marcy , an auctioneer of Hay Springs , Neb. , Is moving here and will reside on South Tenth street. Carpenters are busy reconstructing the private offices of the Norfolk Na tional bank , which will be changed into a directors' room. , Company D of the local national guard will hold their regular weekly drill tonight. The soldiers will prob ably do their drilling out of doors. The Norfolk Masonic lodge received a report from Madison stating that P W. Juneman , former Union Pacific agent here and at that place , suffered another stroke of paralysis Sunday evening and is in a critical condition W , P. Logan and Mrs. Willis Me- Bride of Elgin went to Ponca on ac count of the serious illness of Mrs Logan , their mother. Judge Powers who is a brother , went al noon. The city council will meet in regular session at the city hall this evening The mayor has invited the property owners in the paving district to meet with the council and discuss the ques lion as lo what material they prefer for the paving of Norfolk avenue. It Is believed by a number of people thai the creosote block is what should be used. Others are in favor of the brick John B. Ratio , in his characler slu dies , entertained a large audience at the Methodist church Saturday night Mr. Ratio , who is on the Ridpatu lee lure circuit , made a splendid impres slon on his audiences. His clever sketches when taking the part of a German , Irishman or Frenchman could not be improved upon. He not onlj characterized foreigners , but Ameri cans as well , and exhibited many amusing parts of the human race. Funeral services over the remains o Miss Matie O'Brien , who died fron hearl failure at the home of her pa rents , Mr. and Mrs. W. S. O'Brien , 01 South Second street Saturday morn ing , were held by Father Buckley o the Sacred Heart church at 11 o'clock Monday morning. The remains were Interred at the Prospect Hill cemetery The pallbearers were : Earl Sires Francis Blaksley , John Lynde , Franl Fox , Dave Richards , H. Koieher. Omaha Duck Hunter Killed. Two Men Raise Guns Simultaneously Boat Capsizes , One Is Shot. Tekamali , Neb. , March 21. Edwan Von Troll of Omaha was shol and la stantly killed at Marsh lake yesterday morning while duck hunting. The ful charge from a shotgun In the hands o his brother-in-law. Charles Malr , also of Omaha , entered the victim's side the gun being accidentally discharged The two men were la a row boat at he time , hiding In a "blind. " When ame came within nuige both men nlsed their guns at the name memento o shoot. Tholr sudden movement apslzed the craft. As the boat keeled vor Matr's gua was discharged , the ) d entering the water before strlk- ng Von Troll. Mnlr quickly rescued ils companion , ns the water was bat vo foot deep. Death was Install- anoous. Doncstcel l Prosperous. Honesteol , S. D. , Mtirch 21. Special o The News : D. H. Hill has a force f workmen erecting a building HUxUO or a cement block factory. The past ei.r there has been a growing demander or this class of building matorlaj and Ir. Hill will soon be In leadlness to loot tills growing demand. Honesteel is this year experiencing n era of grealor prosperity than any line since 1901. There are no empty louses and a score of new ones will robably bo erected the coming sum- lor. About thirty percent of the pro- icrty here has changed hands al good trices since lasl fall and many new justness men have come tothc city. The Mutual Oil company of Lavs- once , Kan. , lias appointed W. A. Law- on as distributing ngenl ul Bonesleel nd as soon as the Fremont station s equipped will pul In a station hero. West Point. West Point , Neb. , March 21. Spe- lal to The News : Eighth grade ox- ualaations will bo held in the office of the county superintendent at West 'olnt and in the high schools at Ban- irofl , Wlsner and Boomer March 25 and 25 , April 21 and 22 and May 12 uid III. The average passing grade vlll be 75 per cent with a minimum of CO. William Mehllng , jr. , and Miss Liz zie Sorcnson were united in marriage by Rev. W. Harms of the German jiitheran church. The young couple are the children of farmers of Neligh ownshlp and will reside there. A mining company , known as the Mountaineer Gold Mining company vas organized hero by a number of iromincnt citizens. The directors elected lo serve the first year are lames Conlln , J. H. Radebach , John Dorr , Frank Drahos and Paul Kase , with O. B. Gefeke as general manager. The mines of the company are in daho and the capilal slock is $350,000 ivith shares of $1 par value. Consld jrable slock was laken by the citi -cons. cons.Rev. Rev. L. J. Powell , pasor of the Grace Lutheran church is a delegate from West Point to the Laymen's Mission ary Movement at Omaha. Gustavo liueschen and Miss Laura Mathies of Bismarck lownship were nulled in marriage by Counly Judge Oewald yeslerday. Julius Schullz and Miss Gesine Schwarling , well known young pee pie of weslern Cumlng counly were married on Thursday. They are mem bers of old and wealthy families of old settlers of this vicinity. An adjourned session of the Janu ary term of the district court has been set for May 2. At this session only eqully matters will be taken up. Marriage licenses have been issued during the Week to Paul TIedkte and Miss Emma Rabbass and lo Edward tlendrickson and Miss Paulina Bucu holz all of Ibis county. The tolal number of farm mortgages filed in Hie clerk's office the past month was fifty-two , amounting to $217,200 , during the same time twen ty-nine being released aggregating $56,663. From March 1st to the 17th there were filed in the clerk's office 225 deeds , mortgages , contracts and different instruments relating to land transfers. TWO-CENT FARE FIGHT. Hearing Resumed Before Dakota Railroad Commission , diuux Falls , S. D. , March 21. Spe cial : The hearing in the passenger rate case Involving the reduction o' passenger fares la South Dakota from 3 to 2 cents per mile has been resumed at the headquarters of the state board of railroad commissioners in this city. At a hearing held in Chicago several weeks ago the testimony of the rail roads was taken and the state now is presenting its case. The hearing is being - ing held before J. Howard Gates of this city , who was appointed a special the proposed reduction. Packers Are Indicted. Chicago , March 21. Simultaneously with the return of indictments today against the National Packing company and ten of Its subsidiary companies , charged with a violation of the Sher man anti-trust law , United States Dis trict Attorney Sims also filed a bill In equity for the dissolution of the al leged trust. The hill means not only the Nation al Packing company , but the Armour , Swift and Morris companies and the individuals who dominate and control these concerns. Banker Chased by Bull. Armstrong of Wlsner Was Treed for Forty-five Minutes. Wlsner , Neb. , March 21. Special to The News : William Armstrong , cash ier of the First National bank , went across the river yesterday morning to Mr. Pollock's milk ranch and was in the pasture looking at the cattle when the ball spied Mr. Armstrong and evi dently thought he had no business there alone , so proceeded to Investi gate his wants and made for Mr. Arm strong , who took refuge la a tree , where ho sat for three-quarters of ai No Question as to the Superiority , of "CALUMET Baking Powder Rtemrd Illftieit AwirJ World'i Pure Food Eipoiitioa Ckiuto. 190 ? hour until Mr. Pollock roimii lilni tuul cuiiio to hlH rescue Mr Armstrong felt bettor wlion ho came buck to town. LITTLE BOY MASHES FINGER. 4-Year-Old Son of Wlsner Farmer InJured - Jured While Playing. \\Mnnor , Nob. , March 21. CtmrloB Hohlor'B llttlo 4-year-old boy hud the misfortune to buvo the middle linger of his right hand mashed in nome way \vhllo playing at tholr homo 11 vo miles northeast of town yesterday afternoon. Mr. llohlora brought the boy to town and a physician dressed the llttlo fol io w's wounded linger. FarniorH are busy In the fields. Rancher Bound Over. Valentino , Nob. , March 1 ! ! . Special to The NOWH : David A. Hancock , u ranchman , had his preliminary trial hero before Judge Qulglcy on the charge of feloniously assaulting Seth 10. Smith with Intent to do great bodily ily injury. Ho is charged with at tempting to cut Smith'H throat HOIIIO time last January at Wood Lake. Hancock was tried hero a couple of years ago on the charge of perjury. Judge Quigley bound Hancock over to district court. Elgin Wins Again. Elgin , Nob. , March 19. Special to The News : In a rough but very fast game of basketball played hero , Elgin won another victory by defeating the Albion quintette by a score of 1C to 15. The score at the end fo the first half was 7 to 9 in favor of Albion. At no time during the game was it possi ble to tell who would bo victorious , the last point for Elgin being made on a free throw. Albion was especially good on quick passing. Hey Cain of Albion refereed the game and Roy Uobblns of Elgin umpired. A Box Car is Burned. Clearwater , Neb. , March 21. Spe cial to The News : Fire this morning : destroyed a. Northwestern box car that had formerly been used as a lodging car by section hands , burned about 500 ties and took the sides out of two cinder cars. The strong south wind blew the flames away from thu depot and a nearby elevator. GIVES LIFE ON LEPERS' ALTAR. "ather Lambert L. Conrady Dying In Chinese Colony. Chicago , March 22. The Rev Lam bert Louis Conrady is dying of lepro sy among the lepers near Canton , China. Even the friends of the priest hard ly will appreciate the pathos of this simple announcement , which reached Chicago yesterday. They know Father Conrady had no fear of death , oven by leprosy. They know he chose his task and went to carry it out. Ho first went to a leper colony more than twenty years ago. It Is not known when he contracted the disease. The tragedy is found in his des pairing sense of failure with success within his grasp , expressed in a let ter Titten by him a few months ago , when ho felt the malady creeping upon him and felt himself physically unable to fight the battle before him. He wrote : "I am not well , but hope that God will give mo a few years more to work among the lepers. "I have begun well ; it would be easy now to go ahead. If I can live only live years more. "If I was only 40 years old then I feared no one and nothing. " Father Conrady was born in Belgium in 1841 and was educated for tne missionary priesthood in Paris , being ordained in 1867. He spent seven years as a missionary in India , and then came to the United States to labor In the same capacity among the Indian tribes of the northwest. During the fourteen years that ho was engaged In this work he went through a number of Indian wars , be ing present at many battles , and won the friendship of President Cleveland on a trip to Washington In behalf of his redskin charges. He also became a naturalized American citizen. In 1888 he heard of the Illness of Father Damlen , the young Belgian priest , whose life and death in the leper colony of Molokai evoked Hob- ort Louis Stevenson's famous letter. He wrote and asked if he could be of assistance , and on receiving an affir mative reply sailed at once for Ha waii. Ho was Father Damlen's com panion for a year and after the lat- tor's death continued his work for heven years. The American occupation and the support of the colony by the state made individual sacrifice no longer es sential , so ho set out for Canton , China , where ho had heard that the lepers wore neglected. The woman who avails herself of want advertising in the servant- quest remains optimistic on the whole "help" problem. FISTULA-Pay When CURED Piles All Rectal Diseases cured ( rithout a surgical ) operation. No Chloroform , Ether or other pen- oral aneasthetic used. CURE GUARANTEED to last a LIFE-TIME. * KXAMINATION PRHH WRITB FOR BOOK ON PILES AND RECTAL DISEASRS WT , , , TESTMONULS , DR. E. R. TARRY , 224 Pea Dulldlng. Omaha , Nebra.ka